The promising group of returning players will be joined by junior Hailey Hoholik and sophomores Lexi Carlson, Sydney Chartier and Machaela Hinkson.

Rounding off the roster are seniors Breanna Bosanic and Elisa MacGregor.

Monday, Manistique dropped a 3-1 decision to Escanaba. After taking the first set 25-20, Manistique dropped the next three 25-15, 25-23 and 25-20.

Nixon said the match was full of big swings.

“We came out hard in the first set and battled back and forth and managed to outscore them. Set two, we allowed Escanaba to go in big runs from mostly our errors,” said Nixon. “Set three and four, we were down early, but fought back with big runs to catch up; unfortunately our comeback wasn’t enough to win.”

Nixon concluded by saying, “The team gave a good effort by never giving up.”

Manistique travels to Ishpeming Aug. 28 (today) and will make their home debut Sept. 9 against Newberry.